When is Angelis’s name day?

Angelis can be celebrated on 2 feasts in the Orthodox calendar. People keep the feast of the saint they were named for, or the one their family has always kept.

Every feast on which Angelis is celebrated

The saints behind the name

• Angelis the New Martyr of Constantinople

  September 1, Martyr, Αγγελής

  St. Angelis was a goldsmith of Constantinople in the seventeenth century. Tradition relates that, having once in a moment of weakness been counted among the Muslims, he repented and openly confessed himself a Christian before the Ottoman authorities.

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• Angelis of Argos

  December 3, Martyr, Αγγελής ο Νεομάρτυς

  The new martyr Angelis was a physician from Argos in the Peloponnese who settled on the island of Chios. Tradition relates that after an unguarded word was taken by the Turks as a profession of Islam, he refused to deny Christ and was beheaded at Chios in 1813, receiving the crown of martyrdom.

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What to say on a name day

The Greek wish is Χρόνια Πολλά (Chronia Polla), “many years.” A call or a short message on the day is what people remember. See name day wishes you can send and what a name day is.